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Number of claims dismissed.

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The value (monetary amount) of the award the plaintiff seeks in the legal matter.

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The total number of new claims filed pertaining to a loss contingency during the period.

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Number of pending claims pertaining to a loss contingency.

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Represents the number of stores.

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES AND OFF BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS - Legal Contingencies (Details) $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
	Aug. 29, 2018 claim	Feb. 23, 2019 USD ($) store lawsuit	Jan. 03, 2015 store claim	Feb. 27, 2016 incident
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of retail food and drug stores \| store		2,269
Security breach
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of retail food and drug stores \| store			800
Number of lawsuits dismissed			2
Security breach \| Threatened litigation
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of data breach incidents \| incident				2
Safeway's 401(k) Plan \| Pending litigation \| Safeway Inc
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits filed against the company \| lawsuit		2
Qui Tam Lawsuits \| Pending litigation
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits filed against the company \| lawsuit		2
Qui Tam Lawsuits \| Pending litigation \| Minimum
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Damages sought in a lawsuit \| $		$ 100
Consolidated cases for multidistrict litigation
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits filed against the company	1,623
Consolidated cases for multidistrict litigation \| Threatened litigation
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of new claims filed	10
Consolidated cases for multidistrict litigation \| Threatened litigation \| Blackfeet Tribe
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of new claims filed	1